Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he intends to form a government in the next two to three weeks which would give him a fourth term as prime minister, after his conservative Likud party won convincingly in Israel's parliamentary election.
Netanyahu to Form New Government After Election Win
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concludes his statement to the media at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 18, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/f9160f8d-6269-4ed2-8ab1-4471d307c7a3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concludes his statement to the media at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 18, 2015.
![A Palestinian woman reads a local newspaper that features the Israeli election on its front page, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6370252b-7a9c-4435-a011-5f72f781d9af_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A Palestinian woman reads a local newspaper that features the Israeli election on its front page, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, March 18, 2015.
![Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, co-leaders of the Zionist Union, raise their arms at party headquarters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift, Tel Aviv, March 18, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/6760e6bc-c4b8-4340-8d8f-de7868a69d65_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Isaac Herzog and Tzipi Livni, co-leaders of the Zionist Union, raise their arms at party headquarters. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory in Israel's election after exit polls showed he had erased his center-left rivals' lead with a hard rightward shift, Tel Aviv, March 18, 2015.
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech to supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2015.](https://gdb.voanews.com/a8594c38-7253-4331-adb6-38bd3424c5cc_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech to supporters at party headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 18, 2015.